06/10/2010
Egg producers hope bigger cages for their hens will change the image of the industry, and Farming Today hears that worms are in need of a PR make-over.
Egg producers hope bigger cages for their hens will change the image of the industry. Farming Today meets a farmer who says that many battery hens are healthier and happier than those allowed access to the outdoors. Farming Today meets a forager in Richmond in Yorkshire making a living from the fruits of the hedgerows and we hear that worms are in need of a PR make-over!
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Martin Poyntz-Roberts.
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